Please join our growing Deaf Blind Chat for drinks, snacks and fun chatting. Every month we see both new and familiar faces, and we welcome signers of all skill level, so tell your friends, family and classmates about us, too!

Regal Gateway Stadium 16, 9700 Stonelake Blvd - 343-5480 (OC)
For show times go to http://insightcinema.org/links.html and follow the links to the theatres, or call theaters for details.

2010 Statewide Conference on Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
July 22-24, 2010
Omni Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas

Biennial conference of professionals (administrators, audiologists, speech pathologists, diagnosticians, regional education service center personnel, private agencies, and interpreters) and parents of students who are deaf and hard of hearing, representing every school district in the state of Texas as well as other states.

Now accepting applications for sponsorship, program advertising, and exhibit space. Contact Sandy Chance at 281-897-6425 or sandra.chance@PROTECTED.

Come and join us July 26-30 for Deaf Camp at Pot of Gold Ranch in Comfort, Texas (south of Fredericksburg, east of Kerrville). The cost is $150 for a week of food, lodging, fellowship, games, and hearing from God. We will be leaving Maranatha Baptist Deaf Church on Monday the 26th at noon, and returning Friday the 30th.

One deaf-woman performer, storyteller and educator Patricia "Trix" Bruce from Seattle Washington leads a workshop on accurately expressing meaning to translate between the languages of ASL and English.

Since 2004, Alan R. Abarbanell has toured the United States with his critically acclaimed, one-man show, "The Abababa Road Tour" chronicling his experiences growing up hearing in a Deaf family. ABABABA--a name given to him by a friend who could not pronounce Abarbanell--is a proud CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). Alan wrote this show as a loving tribute to his Deaf heritage and CODA family. Each performance is dedicated to Alan's parents Joe and Yetta Abarbanell, whom he credits with his sense of humor, creativity and love for his community.

Abababa takes his audiences on a rollercoaster ride of emotion; first pulling them through the hilarious rush and shocking twists of his youth, then plunging them into the tragedy and loss that followed, only to hurl them upwards towards uncontrollable laughter once again! With the simple wave of a hand, Abababa renders each audience exhausted from gales of laughter and torrents of tears by evening's end.

All Proceeds go to Project N.A.D.I.N.E. to help continue our advocacy efforts and to start new programs that will serve the Deaf community!

Welcome to the Little Anglers tournament, where the focus is on the fun of
fishing. Austin Bass Club of the Deaf believes that it's critical to teach kids and
help instill in them a love for the sport that will last a lifetime!

2010 marks a new decade and a new beginning for the annual SafePlace Celebration. Thursday, November 18th & Friday, November 19th, SafePlace will present Academy Award-winning actress and social activist, Olympia Dukakis. With two special film screenings of Steel Magnolias on Thursday night at the Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar and a luncheon with Olympia on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Town Lake, there will be a little something for everyone.

Celebration Luncheon -
TABLES for the Celebration Luncheon are now available. Top table levels include tickets to the Alamo Drafthouse film screenings. Please call 512.356.1573, email CHiett@PROTECTED or visit SafePlace.org/Celebration.